Republican Theft of Property Criminal Scandals

Forcefully shoved his mother against a vehicle and stole her mail and then proceeded to get arrested an astounding four more times for violating his restraining order and other bail conditions

Stole a traffic camera even after he was specifically warned that he'd face criminal charges if he removed it

Stole at least nine cows and branded them as his own after being hired to transport them by a cattle auction facility

Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom

Robbed a gas station at knifepoint & threatened to kill the employee if they didn't comply with his demands

Trespassed on a constituent's front porch and stole a campaign mailer sent by his political opponent and was caught laughing about his actions on the victim's doorbell camera

Stole a total of $728.61 worth of items from a local Target during seven visits over a 26-day period by not scanning some of the more expensive items in her cart at the self-checkout line

Led a group that illegally seized five voting machines used in the 2020 election and performed unsanctioned experiments on the equipment which election security experts warn compromised the machines and could have altered the votes cast on them

Loaded his truck with stolen large scrap metal objects including an air conditioner, furnace and water heater (the latter of which a police officer caught him loading into his truck) from the dumpster area of a heating and cooling company which had signs posted in multiple areas explicitly warning people against taking anything

Stole over $600 worth of groceries by not scanning items in the self-checkout on three separate occasions

Purchased four golden retriever puppies from an Amish breeder with fraudulent checks that later bounced and left the owner of the puppies out of nearly $5,000 in lost income

Stole a large amount of electronics and other goods from at least four different retail stores with a group of criminals who acted as a "smash-and-grab" burglary crew

Stole a checkbook from a dying man his mother was caring for and used the stolen checks to purchase clothing and shoes while living in Brazil

Stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living community he managed by entering their apartments when they were not home and was caught in the act by police who had been tipped off by residents who reported their missing prescriptions to the authorities

Purchased a diary stolen from Joe Biden's granddaughter for $40,000 and soon after leaked it to a reporter at another rightwing outlet who posted the private material days before the 2020 Presidential election

Stole a lawn sign that belonged to a political opponent of his while driving in a truck owned by county taxpayers mere months after being caught on video stealing the same opponent's sign from the parking lot of a private business

Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the police

Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed it

Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council position

Stole a $6,000 golf cart with the help of an accomplice and then sold it to him for $1,000

Committed a robbery with a weapon while falsely identifying as a police officer

Stole and burned Black Lives Matter banners from prominent D.C. churches

Masterminded a criminal car theft ring until she was caught and prosecuted

Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying

Stole an eye-popping 279 items totaling $2,327.97 from a Target store and $40 worth of cat food from a local grocery store mere months apart from each other

Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and went back later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store credit

Was videotaped stealing his GOP primary opponent's lawn signs in two separate locations in broad daylight after his rival campaign staked them out after many of their signs went missing presumably because numbnuts here stole them

Stole candy bars and a map from sporting goods store Cabella's

Stole a historic 100-year-old handmade state flag from the state secretary of state's office and took it to his personal office at a Republican campaign research firm

Stole four articles of clothing from a local department store by stuffing them into a shoe box and concealing it in the bottom of her shopping bag

Kicked in his ex-girlfriend's door and stole her handgun, computer, cell phone and a number of other items while she was away at work

Stole a necklace worth only $27.99 from a Sears department store by hiding it in her pocket and not paying for it when checking out with other items and then tried to flee when confronted by security which proved her guilty intentions

Stole a truck with an attached 20ft travel trailer around 3am, got stuck in a resident's driveway when he unsuccessfully attempted to turn around and then passed out inside the truck until police arrived and found him to have a BAC of .15